This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
ifconfig
program, which can be used to configure network interfaces.
LFS uses ip
from IPRoute2 to perform this task.

--disable-logger

This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
logger program,
which is used by scripts to pass messages to the System Log
Daemon. Do not install it because Util-linux installed a
version earlier.

--disable-syslogd

This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.

--disable-whois

This option disables the building of the Inetutils
whois client,
which is out of date. Instructions for a better whois client are in the
BLFS book.

--disable-servers

This disables the installation of the various network servers
included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are
insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted
networks. More information can be found at
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html.
Note that better replacements are available for many of these
servers.